Reply #4: Sectarian violence flares up around Baghdad

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At least eight killed a day after gunmen slaughter dozens in Sunni district

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs struck a Shiite district in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said, as sectarian tensions rose following a rampage by Shiite gunmen killed 41 people, most of them Sunnis.
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Ayad al-Samaraie, a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, blamed members of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia for Sunday's killings.

He also called on the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to Iraq, saying Monday that U.S.-led "occupation forces" cannot protect Iraqis.
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The surge in violence was likely to further enflame Shiite-Sunni tensions and undermine public confidence in Iraq's new unity government. It also raised new questions about the effectiveness of the Iraqi police and army to curb such attacks.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13751314/

Can there be any doubt that Iraq is lost? Some of our troops are commiting atrocities further spoiling our standing before the world. And the violence continues unabated. This is the result of staying the course. We've got to get our troops out.